Question 71 : Who heads the committee, constituted by the Government of India, to draft the New Education Policy
1. TSR Subramanian
2. V K Saraswat
3. Sam Pitroda
4. Yash Pal
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Question 72 : The e-content generation for undergraduate courses has been assigned by the Ministry of Human Resource Development to
1. INFLIBNET
2. Consortium for Educational Communication
3. National Knowledge Commission
4. Indira Gandhi National Open University
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Question 73 : Deemed Universities declared by UGC under Section 3 of the UGC Act 1956, are not permitted to
1. offer programmes in higher education and issue degrees.
2. give affiliation to any institute of higher education.
3. open off-campus and off-shore campus anywhere in the country and overseas respectively wthout the permission of the UGC
4. offer distance education programmes without the approval of the Distance Education Council
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Question 74 : Which statement is not correct about the “National Education Day” of India?
1. It is celebrated on 5th September every year.
2. It is celebrated on 11th November every year.
3. It is celebrated in the memory of India's first Union Minister of Education[comma] Dr. Abul Kalam Azad.
4. It is being celebrated since 2008
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Question 75 : Which option is not correct?
1. Most of the educational institutions of National repute in scientific and technical sphere fall - Under 64th entry of Union list.
2. Education[comma] in general[comma] is the subject of concurrent list since 42nd Constitutional Amendment - Act 1976
3. Central Advisory Board on Education (CABE) was first established in 1920.
4. India had implemented the right to Free and Compulsory Primary Education in 2002 through 86th Constitutional Amendment.
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Question 76 : The accreditation process by National Assessment and Accreditation Council (NAAC) differs from that of National Board of Accreditation (NBA) in terms of
1. Disciplines covered by both being the same[comma] there is duplication of efforts.
2. One has institutional grading approach and the other has programme grading approach.
3. Once get accredited by NBA or NAAC[comma] the institution is free from renewal of grading[comma] which is not a progressive decision.
4. This accreditation amounts to approval of minimum standards in the quality of education in the institution concerned.
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Question 77 : Most of the Universities in India
1. conduct teaching and research only
2. affiliate colleges and conduct examinations
3. conduct teaching/research and examinations
4. promote research only
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Question 78 : India's first Defence University is in the State of
1. Haryana
2. Andhra Pradesh
3. Uttar Pradesh
4. Punjab
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Question 79 : Which of the following organizations looks after the quality of Technical and Management education in India ?
1. NCTE
2. MCI
3. AICTE
4. CSIR
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Question 80 : Most of the Universities in India are funded by
1. the Central Government
2. the State Governments
3. the University Grants Commission
4. Private bodies and Individuals
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